Arvind Kejriwal to inaugurate country's first smog tower on 23 August. This information was announced by Delhi Environment Minister, Gopal Rai on Thursday.
The country's first smog tower will be inaugurated by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on 23rd August. This information was announced by Delhi Environment Minister, Gopal Rai on Thursday. According to ANI, the smog tower, located at Baba Kharak Singh Marg, Cannaught place will clean 1000 cubic metres of air every second and reduce PM 2.5 and PM 10 levels in Delhi. As per the information, Gopal Rai also said that " I am certain that the smog Tower built at the cost of rupees 20 crores will contribute immensely towards this cause. The smog Tower will work with full force after the monsoon season. The scientist of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee will accordingly assess the performance of the tower and present a monthly report. He said if the smog tower is found effective, more such towers will be set up across the national capital. If the performance of the smog Tower is found to be satisfactory then we will replace similar smog h throughout Delhi. Adding more he said I am confident that the smog Tower will yield positive results for us. It must be noted that the Central government is also constructing one such Tower at Anand Vihar. This is being done after the supreme court ordered both Delhi and the Central Government to immediately install a smog tower in the Capital city.
According to Swiss Air Quality IQ air reports, 22 Indian cities including Delhi, Bulandshahr, Bhindwandi, Noida, greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut are under the top 30 most polluted list.
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